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STOCKHOLM — British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for discoveries on unusual states of matter that could result in improved materials for electronics or quantum computers. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the laureates’ work in the 1970s and ’80s opened

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Federal investigators estimate a commuter train was traveling two to three times the 10 mph speed limit when it slammed into a New Jersey rail station last week, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The official, who was briefed on the investigation, said investigators estimated the train was moving

PARIS — French police on Tuesday continued hunting for five people suspected of assaulting Kim Kardashian West in a private Paris residence before robbing her of more than $10 million worth of jewelry. Paris police said they were analyzing footage from surveillance cameras to try to identify the assailants, who wore fake police emblems on

PATERSON, N.J. — A New Jersey home has exploded shortly after neighbors reported the smell of gas. It’s not yet clear if anyone was injured in the 10 a.m. Tuesday blast in Paterson. Witnesses reported smelling gas shortly before the blast. One man said he saw the people who live in the home departing the

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Maria Sharapova’s doping ban was reduced from two years to 15 months on Tuesday, meaning the Russian tennis star can come back in April and return to Grand Slam play at the French Open. The Court of Arbitration for Sport cut nine months off the suspension imposed on Sharapova, who tested positive

PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti — Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. At least nine deaths were blamed on the storm during its week-long march across the Caribbean. The storm —

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Latest on Hurricane Matthew and Tropical Storm Nicole (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Florida Gov. Rick Scott says residents need to be prepared for a direct from Hurricane Matthew. Scott said while visiting the Daytona Beach area that evacuation orders could be issued as early as Tuesday. He says Florida could

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local): 6:55 a.m. Hurricane Matthew has made landfall in western Haiti. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the Category 4 storm made landfall around 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday near Les Anglais, Haiti. Matthew’s maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph (230 kph). The hurricane has

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina prosecutor said Monday that criminal charges will not be filed against a white police officer whose own department said that he had violated its “use of force” policy when he arrested and punched a black man sitting on the front porch of his mother’s home. Guilford County Chief Assistant

HAMPTON, Va. — Authorities say a 13-year-old girl in Virginia asked a person posing as a clown on social media to kill one of her teachers. Hampton police said in a news release Monday that the teenager asked the person to kill a teacher at Davis Middle School. The Daily Press (http://bit.ly/2dEwm3Q ) reports the